By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Will the end lines cross at last
Or will they like the forsaken lap dog
Bark at the wrong target and pop up uninvited for dinner
Letting loose the molten crow bar and cursed smoke-coated lips
Like another loose canon?
Will the Fon`s whistle blower finally blast
Or will the folded window blinds refuse to twitch
Making Mary’s Christmas puddings look like
Half baked cake for the outgoing Moderator?
Surely, that’s why our dining lines will never intersect.
Copyright 2011
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vendredi 17 juin 2011
mardi 12 avril 2011
THE MISSING CHEQUE BOOK
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
I don`t know if it`s here
But I know it was sent
So, check again and have no fear
If you still can`t find it, the caretaker must repent.
Copyright 2011
I don`t know if it`s here
But I know it was sent
So, check again and have no fear
If you still can`t find it, the caretaker must repent.
Copyright 2011
mardi 8 février 2011
A DIME AT LIVERPOOL STREET
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
I saw the cat game
It was certainly not for the lame
But it grew out of something eerie
And the odd Liverpool Street name,Cleary.
Copyright 2011
I saw the cat game
It was certainly not for the lame
But it grew out of something eerie
And the odd Liverpool Street name,Cleary.
Copyright 2011
lundi 31 janvier 2011
MISSING IN TRANSIT
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
I don`t know if it`s here
But I know it was sent
So, check again and have no fear
If you can`t find it, the caretaker must repent.
Copyright 2011
I don`t know if it`s here
But I know it was sent
So, check again and have no fear
If you can`t find it, the caretaker must repent.
Copyright 2011
jeudi 20 janvier 2011
MY BIRTHDAY AS A COCK
(For Neba Diana Lum)
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
The desire to inspire and acquire, never to expire
That`s my philosophy
For eulogies, homilies and frost bites
Forget pigs` furrows and dented hips
What counts is the talcumed hoof.
That`s why in order to inspire
You must shun controversy
Even if you believe in the princess`s rights
As such, when it comes to golden trips
My birthday will be the only cock under the roof.
Copyright 2011
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
The desire to inspire and acquire, never to expire
That`s my philosophy
For eulogies, homilies and frost bites
Forget pigs` furrows and dented hips
What counts is the talcumed hoof.
That`s why in order to inspire
You must shun controversy
Even if you believe in the princess`s rights
As such, when it comes to golden trips
My birthday will be the only cock under the roof.
Copyright 2011
mercredi 5 janvier 2011
SUITOR FOR TRISH
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
What was it, really?
Just rat infested rubbish?
Then why did you get up so early
If not only to woo Trish?
Copyright 2011
What was it, really?
Just rat infested rubbish?
Then why did you get up so early
If not only to woo Trish?
Copyright 2011
THE STANDARD WRETCH
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
If I`m a wretch
You`re a drunkard
But at least, I don`t work for the Standard
And I know about the Treaty of Utretch.
Copyright 2011
If I`m a wretch
You`re a drunkard
But at least, I don`t work for the Standard
And I know about the Treaty of Utretch.
Copyright 2011
samedi 1 janvier 2011
SINGING FOR THE DEAD
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
You must stand up and sing
If you want to be remembered
But if your notes are too long for meaning
Then the old matron`s bones must be deterred.
Copyright 1011
You must stand up and sing
If you want to be remembered
But if your notes are too long for meaning
Then the old matron`s bones must be deterred.
Copyright 1011
samedi 27 novembre 2010
THE MILKY GLARE
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
This is not the Milky Way
That`s why it`s the best
But when you reach the crest
It will be at my behest.
Copyright 2010
This is not the Milky Way
That`s why it`s the best
But when you reach the crest
It will be at my behest.
Copyright 2010
vendredi 12 novembre 2010
THE BENIGN SIGNATURE
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
He doesn`t have to sign
That`s been done
So if the bite is only benign
Then let`s treat it with the scraped bone.
Copyright 2010
He doesn`t have to sign
That`s been done
So if the bite is only benign
Then let`s treat it with the scraped bone.
Copyright 2010
WORTHY ACT
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
We`re proud of ourselves
Single handed, we brought them home
And now their wives are gone
What more can we ask for?
Copyright 2010
We`re proud of ourselves
Single handed, we brought them home
And now their wives are gone
What more can we ask for?
Copyright 2010
jeudi 11 novembre 2010
SET IN CONCRETE
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
I won`t wink
neither will I blink
Even if in my dream
I swim in ice-cold cream.
Copyright 2010
I won`t wink
neither will I blink
Even if in my dream
I swim in ice-cold cream.
Copyright 2010
vendredi 5 novembre 2010
SUNNY DAY, THIS
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Oh what a bright day!
Yet no one to switch on the strobe lights
So what about the diploma?
Do we dowse it
Or do we starch it?
And what if the sleeping giant wakes?
Shall we then pull up the stops<
At what time?
And at what cost?
Copyright 2010
Oh what a bright day!
Yet no one to switch on the strobe lights
So what about the diploma?
Do we dowse it
Or do we starch it?
And what if the sleeping giant wakes?
Shall we then pull up the stops<
At what time?
And at what cost?
Copyright 2010
THE COWRIED GIRL
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Have you changed it
Or have you simply maintained it?
Lazy you!
When shall you grow up?
And pull off your own fly whisk?
And perhaps a few cowried girls?
Copyright 2010
Have you changed it
Or have you simply maintained it?
Lazy you!
When shall you grow up?
And pull off your own fly whisk?
And perhaps a few cowried girls?
Copyright 2010
AN EYE FOR AN EYE
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
They used me
They used me and dumped me
In turn I enveloped them
I stuffed them in and dropped them in the ocean
Like lead
I finished them.
Copyright 2010
They used me
They used me and dumped me
In turn I enveloped them
I stuffed them in and dropped them in the ocean
Like lead
I finished them.
Copyright 2010
mardi 2 novembre 2010
DISAPPOINTING GUEST
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
He came as expected
But he came alone
And empty-handed
Where was the young teacher?
Where was the wine?
Where were the badges?
And where were the text books?
Copyright 2010
He came as expected
But he came alone
And empty-handed
Where was the young teacher?
Where was the wine?
Where were the badges?
And where were the text books?
Copyright 2010
ODD NUMBERS ALL THE WAY
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Three odd baskets
That`s all she sent me
And you think that`s normal?
What are three baskets? They`re not even thirty
Especially to a man who`s used to wielding fifty
They`re nothing more than a drop in the ocean
No, that won`t do!
Let him assume his responsibilities
And shame the devil behind him
There`s no use pretending
We want no more
Emperor`s new clothes.
Copyright 2010
Three odd baskets
That`s all she sent me
And you think that`s normal?
What are three baskets? They`re not even thirty
Especially to a man who`s used to wielding fifty
They`re nothing more than a drop in the ocean
No, that won`t do!
Let him assume his responsibilities
And shame the devil behind him
There`s no use pretending
We want no more
Emperor`s new clothes.
Copyright 2010
lundi 1 novembre 2010
OUR REAL NUMBERS
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
This is not all we are
But we are here
Like the librarian in Luton
That`s why we thank the good old teacher.
Copyright 2010
This is not all we are
But we are here
Like the librarian in Luton
That`s why we thank the good old teacher.
Copyright 2010
dimanche 31 octobre 2010
OUR THE ONE AND ONLY LONE RANGER
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
They shoved him aside
Because he wouldn`t join them
Tomorrow when the boss decides to hem
He`ll again be taken for a ride.
Copyright 2010
They shoved him aside
Because he wouldn`t join them
Tomorrow when the boss decides to hem
He`ll again be taken for a ride.
Copyright 2010
A JUST REWARD
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
You have been simply wonderful
For that reason, I hand you this bible
May your life be bountiful
And may you with no one ever quibble.
Copyright 2010
You have been simply wonderful
For that reason, I hand you this bible
May your life be bountiful
And may you with no one ever quibble.
Copyright 2010
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